Kid X’s Father of Zen Is A Return To Form That Offers An Introspective Look Into The Rapper’s Life
Kid X’s first album in two years finds him on a new journey as a father and husband. It is therefore fitting that there is discernible growth exhibited in the content of the music he is making, particularly when looking at this latest offering. Father Of Zen is the rapper’s second album, following 2018’s Thank […]
DJ PH Assembles An Avengers Team of SA Hip Hop on “Serious (Streets Remix)”
On June 18, DJ PH released a Makwa produced track in the form of “Serious”, featuring Cassper Nyovest, Lady Du and the producer extraordinaire, Makwa. The amapiano and hip hop hybrid of a song spotted a catchy, infectious hook in which the artists on it repeatedly declare themselves and all they’re into as being “serious”. […]
Ego Will Be The Death of SA Hip Hop
At this point, it’s almost an old adage that hip hop is a young man’s sport. While a few anomalies exist, in the form of active rappers in their 40s and 50s who are actually still great and relevant, the median age of rappers and hip hop participants is generally between the ages of 20-somethings […]
Tellaman Releases New Single, “Superstar” and Readies A New Upcoming Album
Talented South African vocalist Tellaman returns with a brand new single “Superstar”. The single is in preparation for the release of his new album that has been in the works. Off the success of his last released solo single in March 2021, in the form of “Overdue” that featured Sha Sha and Oxlade, as well […]
Listen To Sipho the Gift’s Latest Song “Old School” Featuring Thato Saul
Following the release of his Maglera Doe Boy assisted single “Dark Matter”, Sipho the Gift returns with “Old Soul”, featuring Thato Saul. The song serves as the second single off Sipho’s upcoming album LOTUK (Legend Of The Underground King). The Kimberley born rapper plans on releasing the album on 29 October 2021 and reveals that […]
DJ Sliqe Returns With New Track “Intentions” Featuring Blxckie
Multi-award winning disc jockey, DJ Sliqe, has returned with a brand new song “Intentions”, which features the sensational wonderkid, Blxckie. The renowned DJ made headlines last year when he was unveiled as the Head of Hip-Hop/R&B at Sony Music Entertainment South Africa. Now donning his DJ hat, he connects with the immensely talented Bxckie, who […]
HHP, The Unsung Lyricist
September 14th – two of some of hip hop’s greatest lyricists were born on this day. The one was born in 1973, in Crown Heights, central in the Brooklyn borough of New York and went on to spend a better part of his life in the Queensbridge projects. The other was born seven years later, […]
Focalistic Joins The Late Great HHP On Posthumous Release “Nkaofa”
On what would have been his 41st birthday, the wife of the late great rapper HHP, Lerato Sengadi, celebrates her husband’s birthday by releasing a posthumous remix to a previously recorded song that features new kid on the block – who’s been running it since he arrival – Focalistic, called “Nkaofa 2.0” The newly released […]
Muzi Releases KAYTRANADA Produced Single, “I Know It”
In preparation for his upcoming album INTERBLAKTIC, Muzi has released yet another single off the album. This time, he has released the KAYTRANADA co-produced “I Know It” which is essentially a song about him reckoning with the perils of phone and/or social media addiction and wanting to just plug out. However, if that message sounds […]
Listen To Kid X’s New Song “Jukebox” Featuring Moozlie & Lumkokazi
Gearing up for the release of his upcoming album Father of Zen, Kid X has released a new song featuring Moozlie & Lumkokazi, aptly titled “Jukebox” given the party vibes it possesses. The hard hitting Lunatik produced song samples The Dynamic Superiors’ “Happy Song”, giving the soul track a nice Kwaito-centric flip, that finds Kid […]
Yanga Chief Connects With Blxckie & 25K On New Song “Ntoni Na”
Yanga Chief, the 2020 SAMA Best Hip Hop Album recipient, returns with a scorcher of a song in the form of “Ntoni Na” featuring two of the biggest breakout hip hop artists of the year, Blxckie & 25K. The single will be off Yanga Chief’s upcoming album Pop Star 2 slated for release later this […]
Listen To Angie Santana’s Latest Song “No Calls”
R&B songstress Angie Santana returns with the release of her new song called “No Calls”. The Leolin Jeggels produced song is a broody and mellow 808 heavy instrumental which finds Angie coming to terms with a disappointing lover, which leads her to the resolve that she is better on her own. She interpolates part of […]